Chelsea offer Kaka £200k a week

The AC Milan midfielder has now decided to wait until he finishes international duty with Brazil next week before deciding on his future – and a possible £200,000-a-week jackpot.

It was thought that Madrid had wrapped up a deal for the superstar who was the subject of a £100m bid by Manchester City in January.

But Chelsea and new Stamford Bridgeboss Carlo Ancelotti have stepped in at the last minute and upped the ante in the wake of Madrid’s £56m swoop for the superstar.

Chelsea have also offered the player almost £3m a season more than Madrid, with a £10.4m-a-year deal AFTER TAX on the table for the brilliant 27-year-old.

It is a staggering move by Chelsea who are now clearly backing Ancelotti in the transfer market.

The offer from Madrid was only verbal which has allowed Chelsea to muscle in on the deal.

Kaka has now told his father and agent Bosco Leite to suspend all negotiations with Madrid.

The player wants to hear what Chelsea have to say, particularly with his former AC Milan boss and mentor Ancelotti in charge at Stamford Bridge.

Leite would push the price up even further because he wants around £8.7m to broker the deal.

And as part of the switch, Chelsea would also have to sign Kaka’s younger brother Digao, who is also at AC and who would cost around £17,000 a week in wages. But Chelsea attempted to distance themselves from the story last night.

A Chelsea statement said: “We have never made an offer to AC Milan for Kaka and therefore not one at this extraordinary level.

“As a consequence we have not discussed a salary with the player either. Any reports to the contrary are totally untrue.”

But as much as anything that was seen as an attempt not to spark any sort of public auction for the player that could push the price even higher.